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MEDIUM
CVE-2014-0223
QEMU Integer Overflow Denial of Service and Remote Code Execution
Description

Integer overflow in the qcow_open function in block/qcow.c in QEMU before 1.7.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large image size, which triggers a buffer overflow or out-of-bounds read.

INFO

Published Date :

Nov. 4, 2014, 9:55 p.m.

Last Modified :

Feb. 13, 2023, 12:37 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

6.4

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2014-0223 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Qemu qemu
1 Suse linux_enterprise_server

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2014-0223 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2014-0223 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 13, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description An integer overflow flaw was found in the QEMU block driver for QCOW version 1 disk images. A user able to alter the QEMU disk image files loaded by a guest could use this flaw to corrupt QEMU process memory on the host, which could potentially result in arbitrary code execution on the host with the privileges of the QEMU process. Integer overflow in the qcow_open function in block/qcow.c in QEMU before 1.7.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large image size, which triggers a buffer overflow or out-of-bounds read.
    Removed CVSS V2 Red Hat, Inc. (AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:0927 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1075 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1076 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1168 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1187 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1268 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0223 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1097222 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 02, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description Integer overflow in the qcow_open function in block/qcow.c in QEMU before 1.7.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large image size, which triggers a buffer overflow or out-of-bounds read. An integer overflow flaw was found in the QEMU block driver for QCOW version 1 disk images. A user able to alter the QEMU disk image files loaded by a guest could use this flaw to corrupt QEMU process memory on the host, which could potentially result in arbitrary code execution on the host with the privileges of the QEMU process.
    Added CVSS V2 Red Hat, Inc. (AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0223 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1097222 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1075 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1076 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1168 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1187 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1268 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:0927 [No Types Assigned]
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Nov. 02, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Nov. 02, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Nov. 02, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Nov. 02, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 04, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3044 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 28, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67391 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 16, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:1.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:1.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:1.6.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:1.6.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:1.6.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:1.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:1.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:1.5.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:1.5.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:1.5.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:1.1:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:1.1:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:1.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:1.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:1.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:1.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:1.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:1.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.10.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.10.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.11.0:rc0:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.11.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.11.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.11.0-rc0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.11.0-rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.11.0-rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.12.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.12.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.12.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.12.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.13.0:rc0:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.13.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.14.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.14.0:rc0:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.14.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.14.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.14.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.15.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.15.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.15.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.9.1-5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:1.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:1.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:1.6.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:1.6.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:1.6.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:1.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:1.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:1.5.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:1.5.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:1.5.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:1.1:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:1.1:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:1.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:1.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:1.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:1.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:1.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:1.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.10.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.10.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.11.0:rc0:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.11.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.11.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.11.0-rc0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.11.0-rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.11.0-rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.12.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.12.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.12.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.12.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.13.0:rc0:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.13.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.14.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.14.0:rc0:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.14.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.14.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.14.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.15.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.15.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.15.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.9.1-5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 04, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00021.html
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 05, 2014

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2014-0223 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2014-0223 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.04 }} 0.00%

score

0.05635

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability